Cake Icing Still Sweet At 105th Birthday

June 2, 1999|CINDY KENT

Carolyn Jennings, 105, of Pompano Beach, celebrated her birthday on May 12, eating what she loves best: birthday cake with lots of icing.

Jennings was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. She had three sisters and her father worked as an appraiser for the courts there. Jennings went to Pratt Institute after graduating from high school, where she studied dress design and pattern making. She later became a pattern draftsman and a lace curtain designer.

Jennings had one daughter with husband Elmer Remson Jennings, who was a pharmacist in Brooklyn.

Jennings' secret of longevity might come from her own family. Her mother lived to age 99, her father to 97 and one of her sisters lived to 103.

Jennings lives at the John Knox Village, where she has been a resident for the past 25 years.